Short Side ‘Business Decisions’ and Toe Ties Improve Coverage
Alex Lyon is off to a great start to this season with a .940 save percentage for the Detroit Red Wings that includes a 30-save 1-0 shutout win, so we’re going back to him earlier that originally scheduled for another Pro Reads video breakdown.
THE SEQUENCE
Lyon is facing the Philadelphia Flyers and an in-zone sequence that starts with a good hold in at the blue line and quickly turns into more of a quick rush type chance:
Are you squaring up to the shot or flattening out to prepare for a push?
Are you staying outside the post, or tucking into a Reverse?
Perhaps most importantly, why are you making each decision?
THE SAVE
As you watch the sequence and replays below, ask yourself the same questions:
Would you have done things differently? It’s OK, upon review, he might too.
Knowing that, how might you have handled this differently? All that said, what do you notice about what allows him to make this save anyway?
THE PRO READ
Now let’s hear from Lyon as he shares his thoughts on how he played this:
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